Crowd reportedly tries to set the Jewish shrine on fire after rumors spread of Palestinian teen’s death

Palestinian security forces managed to push back protesters who were advancing on the Joseph’s Tomb shrine late Saturday.

According to Hebrew media reports, the protesters tried to set the site on fire.

The demonstration began Saturday night after the Palestinian Health Ministry reported that a wounded Palestinian teen, said to have been hurt by IDF fire on Thursday after allegedly trying to throw a firebomb at Jews praying at the site, had taken a turn for the worse in hospital.

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